THE GOVERNMENT REPLY TO THE SIXTH REPORT FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SESSION 2005-06 HC 1032 Identity Card Technologies: Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty October 2006 Cm 6942 £9.00 THE GOVERNMENT REPLY TO THE SIXTH REPORT FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SESSION 2005-06 HC 1032 Identity Card Technologies: Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty October 2006 Cm 6942 £9.00 © Crown Copyright 2006 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and departmental logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Any enquiries relating to the copyright in this document should be addressed to The Licensing Division, HMSO, St. Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Fax: 01603 72300 or e-mail:
[email protected] HOUSE OF COMMONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE: “IDENTITY CARD TECHNOLOGIES: SCIENTIFIC ADVICE, RISK AND EVIDENCE” (SIXTH REPORT OF SESSION 2005-06) The Government’s response Terminology At the end of March 2006 the Identity Cards Bill received Royal Assent and became the Identity Cards Act 2006 (“the Act”). On the 1st April the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) was formed from the Home Office Identity Cards Programme and the United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS).